Trauma recovery, regulation and self-care: 3-day residential course

1. Understand the importance of self when working with trauma, including strategies to combat burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma
2. Recognise the process of becoming trauma-informed, including where you/your organisation is in this process, and what you can do to take steps forward
3. Examine the impacts that trauma has on the body and mind, and what behaviours we are likely to see from people who have experienced trauma
4. Understand how to create safety for others, through knowledge of how the nervous system responds to threat
5. Explore how you can use the evidence-based wellbeing strategies with yourself and others through a sensory wellbeing walk around St. Andrews

This residential is for practitioners working directly with children, young people or families who have experienced trauma.

Establishing safety is crucial to trauma-informed practice, as we cannot help others to heal if they do not feel safe.

This unique residential course in St. Andrews gives you the opportunity to uncover how trauma is an embodied experience that affects the body as well as the mind. You will explore these embodied aspects of trauma in a supportive space, and draw on the experiences of other practitioners to develop best practice. Spread across three days, sessions will combine trauma theory with practical strategies, in-depth discussion and sensory activities.

Through understanding that becoming trauma-informed is a process, you will establish where you/your organisation is on this journey and what you can do to take steps forward and change lives.

NOTE: Ticket prices include full accommodation (your own single bedroom including en-suite bathroom) and meals for the duration of the residential.

Jan Montgomery is an experienced therapist who works across the lifespan. She is a qualified Life Coach, Play Therapist and Adult Psychotherapist. Jan specialises in working with trauma and has a passion for sharing her learning in an accessible and creative format.

This training will be priced at £595 for Members and £695 for non-members.

To access the member price, please input your promo code when booking via the ‘insert promo code’ function. If you are unsure whether your organisation are members, please check the list below. If your organisation does appear on the list of members below but you do not know your promo code, please ask your organisation or drop us an email.

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Children in Scotland is the largest national membership organisation for the children’s sector in the country. To access discounted webinars and many other membership benefits including exclusive content and resources, and discounted commissioned training, please visit here.

Please note that all local authority staff working from both headquarter and regional offices including senior management are included in membership and can register as members for discounted training with Children in Scotland. Membership does not extend to schools and nurseries within individual local authorities. If you are interested in your school or nursery becoming a member, please visit here.

Members are responsible for applying their discount at the time of purchasing a ticket, discounts cannot be applied after the ticket has been purchased.

The Children in Scotland Learning and Events Team are committed to doing all we can to ensure our learning opportunities are accessible to everyone. If you require any adjustments to assist your learning, whether they be in relation to course materials or delivery format, please do contact us at [email protected] to discuss.

While the government has lifted restrictions, we recognise that the virus is still with us.

With that in mind, we have introduced an interim response: we ask that if you are feeling unwell with COVID-19 symptoms or test positive, you do not attend so that the virus is not spread.

Unfortunately, we are not in a position to offer refunds if you are unable to attend an event due to COVID-19.

However, in these circumstances, we will offer you a place on an alternative event.

If you develop symptoms and/or test positive within 3 days of attending an event with Children in Scotland we ask that you email us at [email protected] so we may notify attendees of exposure.

As a charity, Children in Scotland must cover the running costs of delivering events. We are therefore not in a position to offer refunds except under extenuating circumstances, in which case an administration fee would be applied.

Please note that your personal details may be shared with the trainer for training purposes. These details will be deleted once the event has taken place.

During the event, photographs and/or video may be taken for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to be photographed or videoed please alert a member of the Children in Scotland staff on the day.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email [email protected].

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Agnes Blackadder Hall, Agnes Blackadder Hall, St Andrews, United Kingdom